Who gives a damn how Southpark is spelled or what anything down there is called for that matter. Just a bunch of elitist soccer moms and hateful people who are too busy suffocating themselves in their own bubble. They should move to Ballantyne and they can all waste away together.

Sorry, but you are a liar. That is NOT most groups in Charlotte, only the sad ones you know apparently. Most of us are uptown and in other areas where we don't have to put up with such. Is there anyone you like more than yourself? You make me sick to my stomach. Now go back and start your shopping again.

And the teabaggers are some of the most non-caring, self-righteous, self-centered, and greedy ______s I have ever seen. All you know is 'this is MY money', 'every man for himself', 'I want to form my own town', 'waaaaaaaaaah'.

Everyone should be responsible for each other, not just themselves. In case you were in a coma during the last election, your 1950s Leave it to Beaver mentality is all but dead. Hopefully things will continue to change, and for the better.

Well, first of all, how can you say that you are having to be responsible for people who are 'making poor life choices'? Just because someone is on government assistance, you are saying that they have made a poor life choice?

That, flat out, is exactly why the above post is correct about how conservatives are. Not everyone who needs help and should be taken care of by US ALL, has chosen not to better themselves.

If someone is on .Gov assistance for more than 2 years and they are not physically disabled then yes, the have made poor life choices that I should not have to pay for. Where do you Progs think the money is going to come from to pay for all of this free cheese. You can tax the rich, and they will leave (ask the UK, France how that is working out) You can print more money,how are those food and energy prices working out for you so far? So in all of your liberal compassion, where are you going to get the money to pay for all of your programs?The math does not lie. You need to detach from your emotions and start thinking rationally.

Lived in SouthPark for 2 yrs and don't miss it. Visit anyplace around there and people are just in some sort of a daze. They won't look you in the eye or are stuck to their iphone's. Go to SouthPark Mall or the Barnes & Noble across the street and see if you can even make conversation with anyone... Even the new Whole Foods market is the same thing. I went in twice and the only people who seem normal are the ones behind the cash register. Everyone else acts like they're in a hurry. You can't say hello to anyone without them giving you a strange look.

Anonymous said... More homes for the rich, so they can live at Southpark mall or the spa-like Harris Teeter there where all the teaparty soccer moms go. These people will split hell wide open one day. December 6, 2012 1:01 PM

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